File Systems and Thin Provisioning

New operations to manage Thin Provisioning have been added to or updated in the ATA and SCSI standards recently. This session will explain these capabilities and their storage APIs so that file system developers and application developers will gain an understanding of how and when to use these new features to enhance the efficient use of their storage subsystems.

Learning Objectives

New operations to manage Thin Provisioning have been added to or updated in the ATA and SCSI standards recently. This session will explain these capabilities and their storage APIs so that file system developers and application developers will gain an understanding of how and when to use these new features to enhance the efficient use of their storage subsystems.
Understand Thin Provisioning concepts
Understand ATA Trim capabilities and commands
Understand SCSI Provisioning Management capabilities and commands